Abstract

AMAVATA: A LITERATURE REVIEW

Vd. Ashvini Bhandarkar*, Vd. Rajan Kulkarni, Vd. Jyoti Khandare and Vd. Sanjeev Lokhande

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Abstract

The words Ama & Vata are combined to form the word Amavata. Amavata is a disease in which vitiation of vata dosha & accumulation of Ama takes place in body. It is a disease of asthivaha & rasavaha strotas. Vitiated vayu circulates Ama all over body through Dhamnies which takes shelter in shleshmasthanas. Due to changed in lifestyle of human being also creates several disturbance in their biological system, which results to Agnimandya, formation of immature rasa and incomplete metabolized substances after that these all collectively are responsible for formation of Ama. This Ama which is formed due to Agnimandya accumulates in Shleshma-sthanas with the help of Vyana Vayu which produces stiffness, swelling, and tenderness, in the joint. Due to disturbance of Kapha Dosha especially Shleshaka kapha in Amavata causes joint pain and swelling with tenderness. Symptoms of Amavata show more resemblance with Rheumatoid arthritis based on clinical presentation. Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory joint disease. It is a symmetrical, destructive and deforming polyarthritis, in which small and large joints are affected along with associated systemic disturbances and a variety of extrarticular, features and there is presence of circulating antiglobulin antibodies in the blood i.e. Rheumatoid factor. The cause of Rheumatoid arthritis is managed by DMARDs (Disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs) and corticosteroids, but still remains a challenging problem to the medical field as it won't completely cures the disease. In Ayurveda detailed description for management of amavata mentioned.

Keywords: Amavata, Ama, Vata, Rasavaha Strotas, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Agnimandya.